A few days before she left for Cyclocross Nationals I texted Heidi the following: “No pressure or anything but I’ve had an athlete on the podium at USAC CX Nationals 10 years in a row now and, well, you’re my only athlete there this year so…..” (In all fairness, all 10 of those were Logan … Read more
Structural Integrity. Durability issues. Chronic injuries from imbalances. Specialization comes at a cost. Often that cost is whole body health. That’s why gym work is important for endurance athletes, especially cyclists who spend most of their training time pedaling a machine designed for efficient, non-weight bearing locomotion. If you have never done any kind of … Read more
A close friend of mine and I have been having a discussion on “Time”. Wasting Time. Making Time. Having the patience to give something or someone Time. The gift of Time. The finite resource of Time. I capitalize it because Time is important. And, how you spend your Time is important. My Time these past … Read more
This Saturday marks the 76th Annual Redmond Derby Days Criterium. This year we will be handing out over $10,000 in cash plus some cool merchandise from Castelli Cycling. As always we will have podium presentations with champion jerseys and champagne to spray for the winner’s of every category. Pre-registration can be found here: http://redmondderbydays.com/criterium … Read more
I did a bike race yesterday with Chloe Dygert. She beat me. And I’m good with that because she’s The World Champion. And I’m not. Hats off to the officiating crew for giving the green light to Chloe wearing her full World Champion kit in the race yesterday. It was very cool seeing the World … Read more
So this happened today. 6.5 months after breaking my pelvis, 4 ribs and puncturing a lung in the last race I did I pinned a number on and rolled off the line with 60 other racers for 120 km P1-2 road race on the Olympic Peninsula. I didn’t win. I didn’t place. And I didn’t … Read more
I haven’t done a “Year in Review” before because, well, I never really thought much about it and quite frankly I wasn’t quite sure that it was warranted. 2015 was different. At first glance, maybe not the best. I busted myself up pretty well. Again. In fact less than 1 year after busting myself up … Read more
So this happened. I’ve kept my streak of climbing at least 1x a year alive. The last time I tied in was with Mark Twight last December in SLC. __ This trip to my local gym though has a purpose other than communing with a good friend and keeping a “streak” alive. And I’m … Read more
Congratulations to Logan Owen for notching his first – and second – ever elite UCI cyclo-cross wins this past weekend at the Subaru Cyclo Cup in nearby Tacoma. Logan handily won the UCI C2 races on Saturday and Sunday winning by nearly 30 seconds on both days. Next up for Logan will be his … Read more
